• Not-for-Profit to Expand Its California CCRC

    Ziegler announced the closing of Odd Fellows Home of California’s $101.7 million Series 2026AB bonds through the California Statewide Communities Development Authority. This financing marks Ziegler’s first with Odd Fellows Home of California.  Odd Fellows Home of California, a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Secures Refinance for Full-Continuum Community

    CBRE National Senior Housing refinanced Harvard Square by Cogir, a full-continuum seniors housing community in Colorado owned by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group and operated by Cogir Senior Living. Built in 1982 and significantly renovated several times over the last 10 years, the community has 41 independent living, 144... Read More »
  • Chartwell Retirement Residences Completes Portfolio Acquisition

    Chartwell Retirement Residences completed its previously announced purchase of six seniors housing communities spread throughout London (three), Dorchester, Waterloo and Mississauga in Ontario, Canada. The purchase price at closing totaled approximately CAD$416.2 million, or US$30 million. An additional CAD$15.8 million, or USD$11.36 million, is... Read More »
  • Class-A AL/MC Communities Trade on Long Island

    BWE Investment Sales’ Seniors Housing Team announced its involvement in the sale of Village Green Senior Living and Village Walk Senior Living, both in high barrier-to-entry locations on Long Island. BWE represented the seller, The D&F Development Group, in the disposition of the Class-A assets, which had the goal of building, leasing up and... Read More »
  • SLIB Tops $1 Billion in Texas Transactions

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage and Matthew Alley topped $1 billion in transaction volume in the state of Texas following the sale of a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities. The Cascades Portfolio features a combined 647 beds and locations in Port Arthur (two), Houston and Galveston. The facilities were built from 1955 to 1993, with... Read More »
JLL Lands LifeCo Loan

JLL Lands LifeCo Loan

A life insurance company provided a senior loan to refinance The Landing at Augusta Woods, a 148-unit seniors housing community in Spring, Texas. JLL Capital Markets arranged the $28 million mortgage on behalf of the borrower, Harmony Communities. Taking out existing construction debt and funding an expansion of the community, the loan came with a four-year, fixed-to-floating rate term. JLL Capital Markets’ Debt Advisory team, led by Senior Director Zane Sweet, Director Alanna Ellis and, Analysts Zach Brantley and Kyle White, handled the transaction. Opened in 2021, the community comprises a 120-unit apartment-style complex that provides independent living, assisted living and memory care,... Read More »
CFG Arranges Acquisition Financing for CA SNF Deal

CFG Arranges Acquisition Financing for CA SNF Deal

It was announced that Capital Funding Group arranged acquisition financing for International Equity Partners and Cypress Healthcare Group’s purchase of three skilled nursing facilities in California. The not-for-profit Eskaton sold the facilities to exit the stand-alone SNF space, and it was represented by Ziegler in the process. The sale included the 99-bed Eskaton Care Center Manzanita in Carmichael, the 148-bed Eskaton Care Center Greenhaven in Sacramento and the 149-bed Eskaton Care Center Fair Oaks in Fair Oaks. All were built around 1980 and were losing millions on $42.1 million of 2022 revenues. The transition process required Attorney General approval, which was given in September.... Read More »
Distinctive Living Enters Tennessee Market

Distinctive Living Enters Tennessee Market

With the capital markets still dissuading many buyers from getting into the M&A market, we have seen more growth through the addition of new management contracts among many operators in the senior care industry. One company, Distinctive Living, expanded its portfolio to Tennessee after assuming management of The Village at Bellevue, an assisted living/memory care community in Nashville. The community features 69 AL and 18 MC units and marks Distinctive’s entry into the state. Distinctive has existing and to-be-built locations in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. There are studio, one-bedroom and... Read More »
Continuum Advisors Launches New Brokerage Business

Continuum Advisors Launches New Brokerage Business

There’s a new brokerage and advisory firm in the seniors housing world. Launched by Jay Jordan and Dave Kliewer, both formerly of Grandbridge, Continuum Advisors will focus exclusively on national seniors housing investment sales. Already, the team has approximately $500 million in current engagements, and fresh off of another NIC conference, that figure is sure to increase soon. Jordan and Kliewer bring more than 40 years of experience in sell-side seniors housing representation, with the pair having sold over 200 seniors housing communities in 35 states. Before their three years at Grandbridge, both previously worked at Cushman & Wakefield, as well. Read More »
Bank Financing Provided to Class-A Community

Bank Financing Provided to Class-A Community

JLL Capital Markets arranged $29 million in financing for a Class-A seniors housing community in Smithtown, New York. The borrowers are Sculptor Real Estate, which is the real estate business of Sculptor Capital Management, and Benchmark Senior Living. The three-year loan was provided by a regional bank that is a new lending partner for both Sculptor and Benchmark. Joel Mendes, Ted Flagg and Stephen Van Leer of JLL led the transaction.  The community, Whisper Woods of Smithtown, has 101 units and 136 beds of assisted living and memory care. It was built in 2018 by Sculptor and Benchmark, which leased the community. Amenities include biometric medication safes and roll-in showers with... Read More »
Minneapolis-Area Community Trades, Again

Minneapolis-Area Community Trades, Again

The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, an Illinois-based commercial real estate investment group, bought a seniors housing community located in Edina, Minnesota, from an entity affiliated with Prudential Financial. Built in 2013, the community is The Waters of Edina, which comprises 139 independent living, assisted living and memory care units with amenities including an indoor pool and a theater. Inland bought the community for $41.7 million, or just over $300,000 per unit, with The Waters remaining as the operator. The Prudential entity previously purchased the community in 2016 for at least $51 million, according to a state filing. In 2017, Prudential also purchased another Waters... Read More »
CFG Closes HUD Deal in Arizona

CFG Closes HUD Deal in Arizona

Capital Funding Group closed a $10.3 million HUD refinance of an existing bridge loan, also executed by CFG, for a nationally recognized borrower. The refinancing supported a 94-bed skilled nursing facility in Arizona. Tommy Dillion of CFG originated the transaction. This financing follows the company’s recent announcement of a $3.32 million bridge-to-HUD mezzanine loan which supported a dividend recapitalization for a well-known sponsor of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. Read More »
Skilled Nursing M&A in 2023 and Beyond

Skilled Nursing M&A in 2023 and Beyond

​​​​On October 19, 2023, The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett moderated a panel of skilled nursing experts from the lending, brokerage, and operating worlds to discuss why the SNF M&A market peaked in 2022, why the sector is struggling more now, and what they would do as SNF investors in 2024. Subscribers can view the entire webinar here. Read More »
CFG Arranges Acquisition Financing for CA SNF Deal

Mom & Pop Exits Seniors Housing Business

A Mom & Pop owner/operator enlisted the assistance of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to handle the sale of a seniors housing community that had never achieved stability. This community represented the seller’s sole seniors housing asset, marking their departure from the sector as they enter retirement. Built in 2010, this assisted living/memory care community comprises 55 units and 88 beds in Menifee, California. It was under 60% occupied and was losing nearly $350,000 on $2.94 million of 2022 revenues. The buyer was an owner/operator based in Los Angeles, California, that intends to self-manage the community. Their strategy includes making limited cosmetic updates and refocusing... Read More »
Cambridge Realty Capital Closes HUD Loan

Cambridge Realty Capital Closes HUD Loan

Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $29.2 million first mortgage loan to refinance a seniors housing community in Sarasota, Florida. Cambridge utilized the HUD Section 232/223(f) program and Cambridge’s early rate lock program to secure this fully amortized 35-year loan for the owner, a Florida limited liability company. The community was Aravilla Sarasota, formerly known as Autumn of Sarasota, which was renovated/rebranded in 2018 and has 120 units. No other details were disclosed. Read More »
Two Class-A AL/MC Communities Change Hands

Two Class-A AL/MC Communities Change Hands

Blueprint was brought on to facilitate the sale of two Class-A assisted living/memory care communities in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, MSA. The seller was a national developer/investor divesting to de-lever and accelerate the wind-down of the maturing fund holding the communities.  One of the communities opened in 2016 and is relatively smaller compared to the other, which opened in 2020. The older community had never fully stabilized, however, it maintained a modest in-place cash flow and showed positive momentum. Meanwhile, the newer community had never recovered from its COVID-driven lease-up challenges but, even at lower occupancies, showed margin potential. They are located... Read More »